Maven. How to include specific folder or file when assemblying project depending on is it dev build or production?

Question

Using maven-assembly-plugin

<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
<configuration>
 <descriptors>
  <descriptor>descriptor.xml</descriptor>
 </descriptors>
 <finalName>xxx-impl-${pom.version}</finalName>
 <outputDirectory>target/assembly</outputDirectory>
 <workDirectory>target/assembly/work</workDirectory>
</configuration>

in descriptor.xml file we can specify

    <fileSets>
    <fileSet>
        <directory>src/install</directory>
        <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
    </fileSet>
</fileSets>

Is it possible to include specific file from this folder or sub-folder depending on profile? Or some other way...

Like this:

<profiles>
    <profile>
        <id>dev</id>
        <activation>
            <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
        </activation>
        <build>
            <resources>
                <resource>
                    <directory>src/install/dev</directory>
                    <includes>
                        <include>**/*</include>
                    </includes>
                </resource>
            </resources>
        </build>
    </profile>
    <profile>
        <id>prod</id>
        <build>
            <resources>
                <resource>
                    <directory>src/install/prod</directory>
                    <includes>
                        <include>**/*</include>
                    </includes>
                </resource>
            </resources>
        </build>
    </profile>
</profiles>

But it puts resources in jar when packaging. But we need to put it in zip when assemblying as I already mentioned above :( Thanks!

Answer 1

If your resources have a pattern (say *.properties) then you can do something like this in your assembly descriptor file:

<fileSets>
        <fileSet>
            <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
            <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
            <includes>
                <include>*.properties</include>
            </includes>
        </fileSet>
</fileSets>

This copies all *.properties from your target folder to the root folder of your assembly zip. Based on the profile in your pom.xml which is being run, only appropriate resources will be present in the target folder.